ALB and chronic kidney disease: The intensive control–associated increase in mortality risk among individuals with CKD may be associated with 3160 patients with a urine albumin to creatinine ratio of 30 mg/g or more rather than 821 patients with an eGFR of 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 to less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, as suggested by our study’s funding.